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1996Final results

1996 election for New Mexico House District 15

New Mexico House of Representatives · New Mexico

Raymond Sanchez (D) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Alexander R. Leith (R) by 7.7 points.

Raymond SanchezDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.9%4,574
46.1%3,917
8,491 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+20.61988D+18.01992D+4.51994D+7.71996D+7.31998R+2.12000

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET